![[Dance] Pecour, Louis- Guillaume. (1653 - 1729) [Chéreau, François. (1680 - 1729)] "Louis Pecour Pensionaire du Roi, Compositeur des Balets de l 'Academie Royalle de Musique, et Maitre a Danser de Mad. La Duchesse de Bourgogne." - Original 1716 Portrait](http://www.schubertiademusic.com/cdn/shop/files/Pecour_portrait_9743.jpg?v=1722187774)
[Dance] Pecour, Louis- Guillaume. (1653 - 1729) [Chéreau, François. (1680 - 1729)]. "Louis Pecour Pensionaire du Roi, Compositeur des Balets de l 'Academie Royalle de Musique, et Maitre a Danser de Mad. La Duchesse de Bourgogne." - Original 1716 Portrait Engraving. Original copper plate portrait engraving of the important French dancer, choreographer and dance master. A half length portrait of Pecour,elegantly dressed and wearing a plumed cap, pointing with his right hand at his opened notebook with a choreography. The engraving by Chéreau after the painting by R. Fourniere. On laid paper, no watermark visible. A very fresh and clean impression, trimmed to .5 cm outside the plate mark, small chip to lower border and lower right corner creased just ouside the image. Reference: Dict. des éd. d'estampes BnF Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / par Marcel Roux, 1940, Volume IV, Cathelin-Cochin Père (Charles-Nicolas) p. 317-331 : Chéreau l'aîné (François).
In 1671, Pecour made his debut as a dancer at the Court Theatre, Tuileries in Paris and at the Paris Opera in the ballet Cadmus. Pecourt became a leading dancer with the Paris Opera, creating many roles in works composed by Lully and choreographed by Beauchamps, including Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Temple de la paix, and Armide. Pecourt was noted for his precision, lightness and grace.
In 1671, Pecour made his debut as a dancer at the Court Theatre, Tuileries in Paris and at the Paris Opera in the ballet Cadmus. Pecourt became a leading dancer with the Paris Opera, creating many roles in works composed by Lully and choreographed by Beauchamps, including Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Temple de la paix, and Armide. Pecourt was noted for his precision, lightness and grace.
[Dance] Pecour, Louis- Guillaume. (1653 - 1729) [Chéreau, François. (1680 - 1729)]. "Louis Pecour Pensionaire du Roi, Compositeur des Balets de l 'Academie Royalle de Musique, et Maitre a Danser de Mad. La Duchesse de Bourgogne." - Original 1716 Portrait Engraving. Original copper plate portrait engraving of the important French dancer, choreographer and dance master. A half length portrait of Pecour,elegantly dressed and wearing a plumed cap, pointing with his right hand at his opened notebook with a choreography. The engraving by Chéreau after the painting by R. Fourniere. On laid paper, no watermark visible. A very fresh and clean impression, trimmed to .5 cm outside the plate mark, small chip to lower border and lower right corner creased just ouside the image. Reference: Dict. des éd. d'estampes BnF Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / par Marcel Roux, 1940, Volume IV, Cathelin-Cochin Père (Charles-Nicolas) p. 317-331 : Chéreau l'aîné (François).
In 1671, Pecour made his debut as a dancer at the Court Theatre, Tuileries in Paris and at the Paris Opera in the ballet Cadmus. Pecourt became a leading dancer with the Paris Opera, creating many roles in works composed by Lully and choreographed by Beauchamps, including Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Temple de la paix, and Armide. Pecourt was noted for his precision, lightness and grace.
In 1671, Pecour made his debut as a dancer at the Court Theatre, Tuileries in Paris and at the Paris Opera in the ballet Cadmus. Pecourt became a leading dancer with the Paris Opera, creating many roles in works composed by Lully and choreographed by Beauchamps, including Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Temple de la paix, and Armide. Pecourt was noted for his precision, lightness and grace.